Rebekah Stevenson

Rebekah Stevenson serves as an Associate Laboratory Professor of Biology at Bucknell University, holding a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a B.S. from Texas Christian University. She teaches core laboratory courses including Introduction to Molecules and Cells (Biol 205) and Organismal Biology Laboratory (Biol 206).

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• B.S., Texas Christian University

Dr. Stevenson's research focuses on the neuropharmacological mechanisms of alcohol addiction, with particular emphasis on metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGlu5) function in the nucleus accumbens and limbic system. She employs rodent models to investigate ethanol-induced behavioral changes including sensitization, discrimination, and self-administration, while examining age-dependent differences between adolescent and adult subjects. Her work bridges molecular neuroscience with behavioral pharmacology to elucidate addiction pathways.

Analysis of her 2006-2009 publications reveals a cohesive research trajectory centered on glutamatergic modulation of alcohol responses. Key findings demonstrate mGlu5 receptors' critical role in mediating alcohol's interoceptive effects, discriminative stimulus properties, and self-administration behaviors. Her work consistently identifies nucleus accumbens circuitry as central to ethanol's behavioral pharmacology, with translational implications for addiction treatment.

No scientific awards or fellowships are documented in the available information.

While her publications indicate active collaboration with researchers like Joyce Besheer and Clyde Hodge, no formal student advising relationships or grant funding details are specified in the provided text.